subject: Searching For Your Dream Babysitter [print this page] Finding a good, reliable babysitter that you trust to look after your children can be a very daunting task. Ideally, friends and family will look after your kids for you, if this isn't an option however; you are forced to see the help of an outsider. A few pointers in the right direction can make this task easier.
These tips that I have for you will be a great help in finding that special someone to leave in charge of our kids. Take this advice on board and you will find a trustworthy and reliable person who will do a great job.
Recommendations from other people who have been in the same situation is always a good way to go. Day care workers, teachers, friends and neighbors will often be able to tell you who to try, and who to avoid!
This is a job at the end of the day, so treat it like one and arrange interviews with the prospective candidates. Plan your questions carefully and look for maturity and responsibility.
Ask your interviewees if they can perform CPR and have taken a first aid course. There are many babysitting training courses available today and I think that anyone looking for this kind of work should have attended one. Ask them for their references and follow them up. You have to play your part too, by giving them all the contact numbers they would need in an emergency and also by being completely honest about what the position involves.
Write down a full list of necessary information so that there can be no mistakes made on either side. Your babysitter needs to know your child's routine and, of course, any allergies they suffer from or health problems and related medication.
You may have found a highly qualified, experienced babysitter with glowing references that you love to bits, but your kid doesn't like them! This is tricky as kids change their minds like the weather, have a trial session to see how it goes.
Trial runs are expected by experienced sitters, as they will understand the importance of choosing the right one. If any voice their displeasure at this then disregard them immediately.
